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100 1 _aTimbreza, Florentino T.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBioethics and moral decisions /
_cFlorentino T. Timbreza.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aQuezon City, Philippines :
_bC & E Publishing, Inc.,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c© 2021.
300 _axxv, 349 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aForeword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part one: Moral philosophy and bioethics -- Chapter I: Human existence and ethics -- Introduction -- Moral philosophy -- Ethical postulates -- Types of ethics -- Bioethics as applied ethics -- Evolutionary phase of bioethical studies -- Dominant themes in bioethical inquiry -- Review questions -- Chapter II: Ethical schools of thought (one) -- Introduction -- Ethical relativism -- Situation ethics -- Pragmatism -- Utilitarianism -- Chapter III: Ethical schools of thought (two) -- Introduction -- Kant's ethics -- Ross's ethics -- Rawls's theory of justice -- Natural law ethics -- Postscript -- Review questions -- Part two: Moral issues (one) Nature of moral issue and moral reasoning -- Chapter IV: The moral issue of abortion -- Introduction -- Meaning and types of abortion -- The moral issue -- Immediate hominization -- Delayed animation -- Pre-implantation period -- Cell division process -- Curettage -- Three general viewpoints of abortion -- Pro-life movement -- Effects of abortion -- Pro-choice movement -- Postscript -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter V: The moral issue of euthanasia -- Introduction -- Meaning and cases of euthanasia -- The problem of human dignity -- Different views -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter VI: The moral issue of suicide -- Introduction -- Meaning and causes of suicide -- The pros of suicide -- The cons of suicide -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter VII: The moral issue of birth deformities -- Introduction -- meaning and common causes of birth deformities -- Types of deformities -- Retrospect -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter VIII: Redefinition and determination of death -- Introduction -- The need to redefine death -- Several definitions of death -- In the medical context -- Several views of death -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter IX: The moral issue of paternalism and truth-telling -- Introduction -- Definition and types of paternalism -- In the medical context -- Justifications for personal paternalism -- Justifications for state paternalism -- Application of ethical theories -- Truth-telling -- Justifications for truth-telling --Confidentiality -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter X: The moral issues of patients' rights -- Introduction -- Meaning of patients' rights -- Types of patients' rights -- Limitations of patients' rights -- In the medical context -- The rights of patients -- application of ethical theories -- Moral problem and questions -- Part three: Moral issues (two) -- Chapter XI: The moral issues of contraception and sterilization -- Introduction -- Meaning of contraception -- definition of sterilization -- Types of sterilization -- Justifications for contraception -- Methods of contraception or family planning -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter XII: The moral issue of artificial insemination -- Introduction -- Definition and types of artificial inseminations (AI) -- Justifications for AID -- Application for ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter XIII: The moral issue of human experimentation -- Introduction -- The Nuremberg code -- Justifications for human experimentation -- Medical experimentation -- Medical therapy and medical research -- Informed voluntary consent -- Drug testing and the use of placebos -- Single-blind and double-blind test design -- Justifications for the use of placebos -- Criticisms -- Research involving children, prisoners, the poor, and fetuses -- application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter XIV; The moral issue of genetic engineering -- Introduction -- Genetic engineering (GE) -- Chromosomes, DNA, and genes -- Genetic testing (GT) -- Prenatal diagnosis (PD) -- Genetic screening (GS) -- Genetic intervention (GI) -- In vitro fertilization (IVF) -- Embryo transfer (ET) -- Surrogate motherhood (SM) -- Sperm and zygote banking (SZB) -- Sex selection (SS) -- Sex-change operations (SCO) -- Organic transplants (OT) -- Cloning -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter XV: The moral issues of behavior control and claim to health care -- Introduction -- Lobotomy -- Types of psychosurgical (neurosurgical) operations -- Chemotherapy -- Psychotherapy -- Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) --Aversion therapy -- Application of ethical theories -- Claim to health care -- The individual's inherent dignity -- Medical individualism -- Social commitment -- Allocation of scarce resources -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter XVI: The moral of family planning -- Introduction -- What is family planning? -- Right to responsible parenthood -- Right to self-determination -- Right to informed choice -- Right to reproductive health care -- Right to determine one's own ideal family -- Right to choose family planning preference -- Right to ethical reproductive health services -- Family planning methods -- Justifications for and benefits of family planning -- Parental responsibility -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Chapter XVII: The moral of human sexuality -- Introduction -- Meaning of sex to the individual -- Mutual experience of each other's worth -- An appeal for mutual care -- Sharing each other's being -- Self-discovery as persons -- Making each be truly himself/herself -- Pain of unrequited love -- Affirmation of situated freedom -- Moral discipline -- One's inhumanity to another -- Commitment and responsibility -- Safeguarding the other's value -- Responsibility to and for one another -- Humanizing and dehumanizing -- Types of sexual deviation -- In the medical context 00 Preventive measures of sex deviation -- Pornography and prostitution -- In the moral context -- Sexual anomalies and ailments -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Application of ethical theories -- Moral problems and questions -- Epilogue -- References -- Index
650 0 _aBioethics.
650 0 _aBioethics
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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